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HERBERT S. MILLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,145, dated June 11,1901.

Application filed September 24, 1900. Serial No. 30,899. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HERBERT S. MILLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and usefullmprovement in Vending-Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a boguscoin detector forcoin-controlled or coin-operated mechanism.

My primary object is to provide improved means for removing metallicdisks, pasteboard disks, or the like which may be fed into the machinein lieu of coins by unscrupulous or mischievous persons.

My invention is illustrated in its preferred form in connection with apeanut-vending machine in the accompanying drawings. The Vending-machineis fully illustrated for the sake of clearness; but the novel featuresre lating thereto are claimed in a divisional app laication, Serial No.52,369, filed March 22, 1 01.

In the drawings, Figure l is a broken view taken-as indicated at line 1,Fig. 6, and showing certain of the operative parts in one position; Fig.2, a view similar to Fig. 1,,but showing said parts in a differentposition;

Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but'showing.

a still different position of the parts; Fig. 4:, a broken sectionalview taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 6; Fig. 5, a view similar toFig. 4, but showing the parts locatedatdifferent relative positions;Fig. 6, a broken central, vertical section, and Fig. 7 a broken verticalsection takenas indicated at line 7 of Fig. 5

and showing one position of the parts of the;

. rear face-plate D; E, a stud upon which the measuring device 0 issupported; F, a support for the stud E, which is itself rigidly attachedto'lugs G on the inner face of the door A by screws 0t; H, acoin-operated disk rigidly secured to the front of the stud E on thefront side of the support F; I, an operating shaft or stud journ'aled inthe casing-front A and provided at its outer end with an operating-knobI and at its inner end with a rigid transverse arm l bearing acoin-actuating curved arm 1 J, a spring connected with arearwardly-extending lug or arm b at the outer end of the arm I andconnected also to screw or stud b, rigid with the casefront; K, a pawlpivoted on a stud 0, projecting from the inner face of thecasing-frontand connected to the frame-front by a spring K; L,amagnet-actuatingdevice pivotallyconnected with the stud c and connectedwith the framefront by a spring L, said device being pro vided with anupwardly-extending magnetactuating arm L M, Fig. l, a portion of thebogus-coin-detector chamber seen-red to the front frame by screws (1; M,a supplemental portion of said chamber, secured to the part M by screws(1; N, a device which serves to prevent disks of cardboard or the likefrom passing to. the coin-operated wheel H; P, a magnet pivotallysupported in slotted lugs f, with which the part M is provided; P P,

stationary prongs which serve to remove 130- r gus coins from the magnetP; Q, an upper I.

rearwardly-projecting flange connected with the casing-front and servingas a portion of the supporting means for the casing D; Q, a

delivered thereto by the measuring device; S, a discharge-tube to whichthe material gravitates from the inclined part S j T, a glass plateforming a front for the chamber B and itself supported in an annular rim9, and V a sight-glass located in front of the coin-actuated wheel H andserving to expose to view coins which are in eontact'with the front faceof the wheel or disk H.

As appears particularly from a view of Figs. 2 and 6, the lower portionof the casingfront is bowed or bulged outwardly to afford a housing forthe coin-actuated wheel and theattendant parts. As shown in Fig. 6, thecasing D affords virtually a removable cover for the depression whereinare'housed the parts H and the attendant parts. The casing D hasrearwardly projecting curved flanges h, to which is secured a removablerear face-plate D of "said casing. The upper" portion of the casing D isin commhnicat-ion i the pockets can be readily regulated by adjustmentof the screws 1. Asshown in Fig. 6, the entrance to that pocket of themeasurdv' ice which chances to be uppermost 1s and A e measuring device.The lower end of messag ng D iso'pen and in communication withtheinclined surface S, as shown in Fig. 6.

As town in Fig. 6, the disk or Wheel H is V ed centrally of its frontface to receive a'ce'ntral boss or stiid n in the rear of the it, withwhich the stiid or shaft I is pi'bvid d; The wheel or disk H is providedon frb'nt snrface with lugs 19 and on its rear with lugs 19. A passage gfor coins is prov ded through the bogus-coin detector, ann fiafi eq' isprovided on the inner surfz'tc of the casing-front for the coin to dropnpe'ti after-it passes through said coin-detecrapp ng- 4 shows theflange q as formed in teg a witha removable piece (1 recessed to as haeiiamiel g3, the front wall of which is prev edhy the casing-front whenthe piece seem-sq in place, as by screws q. The eigd o'f the curved armI is concaved at r, and the said arm is of a thickness corresponding tothe width of the channel g so that when the hi 1 is at rest a coinpassing through the an'nelq will be supported by the end oftheartn Bandthat lug p of the coin-actu ated wheel H which happens to be adjacent t8end (if the arm 1 It will n'ow be understood that when the passesthrough the channel g to the front face tif the wheelH and rests incontact with he tres end of the arm I movement of the m; I? against theforce exerted by its spring will serve, through the medium of the coinand one of the lugs 19, to impart movement to thefctjinfwheel, Themeasuring device 0 rotapes the right and downward, and as each ptcretp'sses beneath the lower portion of the chamber B it is charged with aquantity of the cpininodity or material from said chamtar; With theconstruction sho'wn aplurality 6f pockets are kept charged at one time,and a rotation of the device 0 throngli a given fraction are revolutionis su'flicient to cause the contents of the lowermost charged pocket tobe discharged, As explained, the device 0 is rigid with the shaft E, andas the shaft E rotates with the disk or wheel H the effect of moving thedisk H through the medium of the coin is to cause the material held inone of the pockets of the'measuring device to be. delivered to thepurchaser.

The arm 1 moves in a curved recess cl and is limited in its movement bystops 8' The device L is provided with an arm which bears upon thebranch arm or lug b of the arm 1 and the device L is actuated by saidlug b.

In Fig. 1 the pawl K is shown in its normal position, with its endbearing against one of the lugs 19' of the wheel H and the upper concaveedge of the pawl bearing against an: other of the lugs p on said wheel.As the Wheel 1-1 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig.2 the lug which is in conta'c't with the upper edge of the pawl rndvestoward the end of the pawl, and by thetime' the arm I is moved thelength of its" stroke said pawl slips past said lug and the end of thepawl engages the lug, thereby preventing retraction of the Wheel duringthe reverse movement of the actuating-arm; V it The magnet P is providedwith anarni VV', which is engaged by a cam on the upper end of the arm Lduring the moveiiieiit or the device L, thereby swinging the magnetrearwardly. Should a coin be employedwhi'ch contains iron, the same isattracted by the magnet, and as the iiia'gnet swings wardly it carriesthe bogus coin-with it tintil the coin is engaged by the stationaryprongs P P where it is disengaged free-1 the magnet and caused to fallwithin the casing and clear from the channel g leading to thecoin-actuated wheel. The device N is piv otally supported, as shown, andis provided with an adjustable weight o its frent side; so as to be'caused to project normallyinto the path of a coin introduced from thechannel q. Should a pasteboard disk for a disk ofother light material heeinployedin lieu of a coin, the Weight thereof would he insnffi-' cien'tto vmove the device N and the disk would be thrown from the channelleading to the coin-actuated wheel; I

In operation, assuming the receptacle B to have been charged and themeasuring device 0 to have been rotated in any suitable inan-- ner tohave three of its pockets charged, a

coin may be dropped into the slot g, from whence it will drop upon theflange q and be directed to the channel Q3. Rotation of the handle I inthe proper direction will cause the arm I to move the coin which haspassed into contact therewith against the lii'g 19, "which is closeabove the coin, and through the medium of said lag the wheelH will beturned and therewith the shaftE will be rotated, causing a movement ofthe evice O and the emptying of one 'of the pockets thereof in themanner alreadydeserihed; At each movement of the actuating-arm I thearm 1) causes a movement of the magnetactuating device L. A coin of theproper nature acquires sufficient momentum to move the device N, but anydisk which is too light will be thrown out of the coin-chute by saiddevice. Should the coin contain iron, it would be attracted by themagnet and removed in the manner already described.

Changes in details of construction within the spirit of my invention maybe made.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with coin-controlled or coin-operated mechanism, of amanually-actuated magnet located adjacent to the path of the coin, and astationary point against which the attracted disk is carried during themovement of the magnet, and by which the magnet is relieved of its load,substantially as described.

2. The combination with coin-controlled mechanism having a rock-shaft,ofa movablysupported magnet located adjacent to the coin-passage, andmagnet-actuating means actuated from said rock-shaft, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination with coin-controlled mechanism having a rook-shaft,of a pivot ally-supported magnet located adjacent to and parallel withthe coin-passage, a pivoted magnet-actuating device having itspivotsubstantially perpendicular to the plane of said magnet, and meansconnected with said rockshaft for moving said magnet-actuating device ateach operation of the machine, sub- 5 stantially as and for the purposeset forth.

4. The combination with coin-controlled mechanism, including arock-shaft and a coin-wheel, of an arm carried by said rockshaft, amovable magnet supported adjacent to the coin-passage on the rear sideof the wheel, a magnet-actuating device mounted to swing in a planesubstantially perpendicular to said rock-shaft, and means through themedium of which said device is operated from said arm, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination with coin-controlled mechanism having a rock-shaftand a coinpassage above said rock-shaft, of a magnet pivoted to lieadjacent to said coin-passage, aspring-held magnet-actuating devicemounted to swing in a plane perpendicular to said shaft and providedwith an arm for moving the magnet, and means carried by said rockshaftfor moving said magnet-actuating device, substantially as described.

6. The combination with coin-controlled mechanism having a rock-shaft,and a coinactuated wheel at the rear end of and perpendicular to saidrock-shaft, of an arm on said rock-shaft on the front side of saidcoinactuated wheel, a rearwardly-projecting lug adjacent to theperiphery of the wheel, a rearwardly-swinging magnet suspended adjacentto the rear side of said coin-passage, and a magnet-actuating device atthe rear side of said Wheel and engaged by said lug, said device beingmounted to swing in a plane parallel to said wheel, substantially asdescribed.

HERBERT S. MILLS.

\Vitnesses:

D. W. LEE, ALBERT D. BAOCI.

